Pravda writes that Russian forces must reach the Hungarian border

The Russian propaganda tried to intensify tensions in the Balkans between Kosovo and Serbia. Officially, the Kremlin supports Serbia but made gestures to Kosovo because of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. In that respect, a Belarusian political scientist said Russia should have finished its invasion of Transcarpathia. As a result, they would be able to help Serbia through Hungary.

Russia wants conflict in the Balkans?

Russia has interests in the Balkans, where Moscow’s natural ally is Serbia. A conflict close to the EU borders would be beneficial for Moscow and distract attention from its war in Ukraine. Furthermore, the destabilisation of the Balkans would weaken the EU and the USA, 24.hu writes. Therefore, in the ongoing Kosovo-Serbia conflict, some Russian Telegram and Twitter accounts wrote that Kosovan and Serbian armed forces exchanged fire. Of course, that proved to be fake news.

Despite some gestures towards Kosovo, Russia’s ally is Serbia. Thus, pravda.ru has recently quoted a Belarusian political scientist’s opinion concerning Hungary and Transcarpathia. He said the war should be extended to Transcarpathia, where 150,000 Hungarians live. Of course, Pravda is not the official Kremlin. But it may show how Putin or his advisors think.

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Transcarpathia in danger?

The article’s title is warning: “To help the Serbs, Russia needs to finish the special operations in Transcarpathia”. The writer, Ljubov Stepusova, argues that Kosovo would like to destroy the 100,000 Serbs living in the northern regions of the non-acknowledged state. Since Russia promised help to Belgrade, Pravda concludes that it must be arms deliveries.